AMD Ryzen CPU failures: what’s happened and what it means for you

AMD Ryzen CPU failures: what’s happened and what it means for you

The Ryzen 9800X3D and 9950X3D are burning out in alarming numbers, and motherboard firmware could be the root cause.

Youtuber der8auer shows his results of an overclocked AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D. However, the performance increase through direct-die cooling plus overclocking consumes significantly more energy, but he has an alternative solution ready.

By positioning the 3D V cache under the CCD with the cores, AMD can shine with the Ryzen-9000-X3D processors with significantly lower temperatures and higher clock rates.

Delidded Ryzen 9 9950X3D runs 23 degrees cooler than stock

A delidded Ryzen 9 9950X3D has been shown to run with 23 degrees lower thermals, or achieve 9% more performance through overclocking.

It was only a matter of time before the delid came to the highest-end PC CPU that AMD has on the market, and yes, it was again Der8auer who tested and showed the results. What we’re going to see has some nuances and evidence, again, that for the average user this kind of practices can pose a disaster for the CPU if you don’t know what is done, and in case everything goes well, really the gain in performance doesn’t compensate for all that is los…

How to buy a decent CPU that'll last you at least 5 years

A current processor will no longer be able to compete with the latest models in five years’ time. But with the right choice, you can ensure that your CPU will continue to offer solid performance in the future. If you’re a gamer, an AMD X3D CPU is an excellent choice to keep your hardware performing in the long term. AMD’s X3D models with 3D V-Cache, such as the Ryzen 5800X3D, have proven to deliver outstanding performance in CPU-intensive games …